Category Archives: walking
July 30, 2010 On the road
(When an ad agency asked me to talk about an “aha moment” on video, I obliged, but I didn’t tell a very good story. Here’s the story I tried to tell, as it appeared in an essay I wrote in 2005, along with the original illustration. I added a couple of clarifying references for readers [...]
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February 3, 2010 Complete streets
Streets are for cars. Don’t know when, don’t know how, but at some point, this truism became a truth of our planning and use of streets. I dropped out of AAA a long time ago when I realized my membership dues were funding their advocacy for car-centric, environmentally unfriendly policies. Thank goodness communities across the [...]
Tags: #bikedayton, bicycling, commute, complete streets, dayton, driving, walking
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January 12, 2010 Walking around
“It happens that I am tired of being a man.” That’s how Pablo Neruda begins his poem “Walking Around” in my translation. I’ve been doing a lot of both, walking around and being tired of being a man. I was at a party with co-workers Friday, a nice small gathering of editors and artists and [...]
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December 16, 2009 Getting to work — biking or walking?
Back in town now and back to the day-to-day stuff of going to work every morning and coming home every evening. Aside from my bent rim problem, I have a basic question about getting to work: biking or walking. Biking pros: Damn fun, get there & home quicker Walking cons: Takes much longer, also dark [...]
Tags: bicycling, chicago, commute, not chicago, walking
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December 14, 2009 Walking the city
So as I may or may not have said, I’m in Chicago a few days to pick up some writing and editing awards. Though it’s December, I’m seeing the occasional cyclist, though more outside of downtown where real people actually live. Picked up some T-shirts at Threadless & ate a Polish at Weiner’s Circle, a [...]
Tags: #casev, chicago, threadless, tourists, walking
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December 11, 2009 Joys of walking
For reasons I won’t go into, we walked a portion of our trip to the arena, probably about a quarter mile. Was nice approaching the game that way, and both boys did well. Too bad b-ball is such a frigid weather sport here.
Tags: college basketball, walking
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